There are no official statistic data of Muslim population in Japan. Professor Tanada at Waseda university researched Muslim population in Japan as of 2011. He estimated that approximately 100,000 Muslim people live in Japan. Here is the breakdown of Muslim population in Japan, 2011.

Table 1: Muslim population in Japan, 2011

Type

Population

Muslim people in foreign citizens

91,744

Japanese Muslim

11,189

Muslim in illegal aliens

2,632

Total

105,565

Table 2 : Population of Muslim people staying in Japan by the country of origin

From

Population

Indonesia

19,169

Philippines

10,719

China

10,307

Pakistan

9,897

Bangladesh

8,985

Malaysia

5,052

Iran

4,754

Thailand

3,715

India

2,758

Turkey

2,483

Nigeria

1,378

Egypt

1,344

Russia

1,250

Afghanistan

1,137

Others

8,796

Source is "Muslim Population in the World and Japan, 2011", Hirofumi Tanada, 2013